Plato's Republic shows how the constitution of a being can occur from its understanding of the Universe. Man sees himself in a context in which there is no error. Reality is seen without question or doubt; you live the way you are told you should live, you eat what you are told you should eat, you think what you are told you should think; and so Greek man lives in a circle as a whole. However, there is the man who goes further and realises that reality can't be just that, it needs to exist more, live more and really think. This is the moment when man thinks and governs himself.